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JOHN DALEY John Daley is one of Australia’s leading public policy thinkers. He has been Chief Executive of the Grattan Institute, Australia's leading domestic policy think tank, since it was founded eight years ago.

Grattan Institute’s work is independent, rigorous, and practical. It fosters informed public debate on the key domestic policy issues for Australia, through both private forums and public activities, engaging key decision makers and the broader community.

John graduated from the University of Oxford in 1999 with a DPhil in public law after completing an LLB (Hons) and a BSc from the University of Melbourne in 1990.

He has 25 years’ experience spanning academic, government and corporate roles at the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, consulting firm McKinsey and Co and ANZ Bank.

John has published extensively on economic reform priorities, budget policy and Australia’s growing public debt, and tax reform. He has written a number of reports on fiscal policy for Grattan institute, including Budget Pressures 2013, Budget Pressures 2014, Fiscal Challenges for Australian Government (being re-published by Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies), Balancing Budgets, and a number of other papers on the reform of taxation in Australia. These are frequently cited in government and parliamentary publications.

John regularly speaks with senior politicians, public servants and journalists, and appears in media such as The Australian Financial Review and on the ABC’s 7.30 Report to discuss budget issues.

John is a keen amateur pianist and gardener.